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Mar 2022
36 supported living flats to be built at Claro Road in Harrogate
Plans for a new 36-flat supported housing development in Harrogate have been given the go-ahead today.
Jackie Snape, chief executive of the Harrogate charity Disability Action Yorkshire, made an impassioned plea to councillors for the scheme to go ahead. She said disabled people wanted to be given more control of their lives.
Ms Snape told Harrogate Borough Council's planning meeting that the need for supported housing was growing ever greater as disabled people “want so much more than residential care”.
She was speaking in support of plans to replace the charity’s existing Claro Road care home with 36 flats, which will allow residents to live more independently.
Ms Snape said:
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Disability Action Yorkshire, which this year celebrates its 85th anniversary, is working with Highstone Housing Association to build three apartment blocks at the Claro Road site.
Residents 'no longer want residential care'
Ms Snape said the need for this type of accommodation has been growing over the last decade, but became in even greater demand during the pandemic which “solidified the resolve” of Claro Road residents that they no longer want residential care.
She said:
The charity’s plans – which included a mix of one and two-bed flats – were approved with “open arms” by Harrogate Borough Council’s planning committee today.
Works will now start later this month to construct the first of the flats on the grounds of the current home and on a derelict playground which was sold off by the council last year.
The existing care home will be replaced with flats, as well as a base for support staff who will be on site 24-hours-a-day.
Speaking at today’s meeting, councillor Stuart Martin said:
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